9 Review (s)

  1. Natalia

    The hellebore (Helleborus) is rarely used as a Christmas present. And every year I buy a pot with this plant. And on New Year's holidays on my table, it opens its wonderful flowers.

    After flowering, I rearrange the gelleborus on the coldest windowsill and periodically add snow. In March, I send it first to the greenhouse, and then plant it in the garden. Gradually, a whole colony of hellebores formed under the old apple tree. Moreover, they sell mainly black M. in winter, which is not so easy to buy in spring, in contrast to the planting material of M. Caucasian.

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  2. Elizaveta Shumeykovskaya, urban-type settlement Krasnogorodsk, Pskov region

    For several years, a hellebore has been growing under the spirea bush, but I never got a good flowering. What is the reason, I cannot understand: it is shady and cool here. I only suspect that the spirea takes food from the hellebore. And if you transplant, then I would like to divide the bush at the same time. When is it better to do it? What soil to plant?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Most likely, the plant lacks light and nutrition. The hellebore needs partial shade, in full shade it practically does not bloom. The plant prefers clay, moist, drained, well-fertilized soil. You need to process it to a depth of 30-40 cm. You can divide the rhizome in August-September. In wet areas, it is advisable to pour drainage material (gravel, expanded clay) at the bottom of the planting pit. The removed garden soil is usually filled with rotted manure or two to three year old compost. Lime, chalk or dolomite flour are added on acidic soils (we published the table of application rates in No. 13. Ed.).
      IMPORTANT!
      When planting, the root collar should be slightly below ground level.
      In the first month, the soil in the root zone must be kept moist.
      Be prepared for the fact that after dividing the hellebore will be "brooding" and without flowers next season. In the spring, the delenki can be fed with full complex fertilizer (according to the instructions). And moisten the soil during the season.

      Valentina SIMKOVICH

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  3. Svetlana Osipova, Kolomna, Moscow Region

    When can I divide the bushes? And will very small delenki bloom?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Stability, endurance and durability - a characteristic feature of hellebores. And also a dislike for division and transplants. Some of them carry the division very hard, while others do not even notice. In spring, M. black can be divided, and in autumn
      - M. east. My experience shows: the less you pay attention to a planted hellebore, the better. If the dividend is small, the bush can grow for a long time, fighting for life, and not bloom for several years, but will not die, even if rooted to the ground, for example, in a small container. Hellebores grow at different speeds, and, of course, the longer they sit in one place, the more beautiful they become.
      Elena POTAPOVA, collector, Moscow

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  4. Elena Kozlova, St. Petersburg

    Please tell us when and how to plant hellebores, in what soil?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - You can plant a seedling even now, if it grows in a container. At this time, seeds collected after ripening are sown. In March-April of next year, shoots will appear, which should be dived and a couple of years to grow. A 2-3-year-old bush then transfers the transplant to the garden more easily. And it’s better to plant immediately in a permanent place. But we must take into account that plants from seeds may not repeat parental qualities.

      I planted freezers in my garden a very long time ago. They grow quite slowly. The seedlings, which were larger and stronger, are now large and beautiful. And those that were weak, because they often acquired them in the form of "microscopic scraps", give one peduncle. Many died, most of them brought from England and Germany. Often, those that bought from us turned out to be re-grading. Plants are not demanding on the soil at all - they can grow on any: acidic, neutral, and even alkaline. I have loam, northeast of the Moscow region. When planting, add a little complex fertilizer to the planting pit, straighten the roots.

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  5. Ekaterina SHIROKOVA, city of Ivanovo

    When I saw a neighbor in the garden with flowers, which began to open literally under the snow cap, she certainly wanted the same. My neighbor is kind, so I immediately dug out a piece of a bush that has not yet begun to bloom. I sprinkled the slices of the section with crushed activated charcoal and planted them on a sunny spot on a hill so that the plant would not suffer from stagnation of water. As her neighbor said, hellebore (that is the name of that wonderful plant) should be immediately planted in a permanent place, because he does not tolerate transplants. The flower got along without problems. In the fall, I poured bone meal under the bush and wrapped it in peat. The next spring hellebore blossomed! What a beauty it was! Now every spring I admire him!

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  6. Irina PETROVA, city of Vyborg

    Spring Flower - Hellebore

    Hellebore is a small perennial plant that blooms in early spring, immediately after snowdrops, with flowers of spectacular shades. It looks best in group plantings and often propagates by self-sowing.

    Hellebore grows best in partial shade. It is necessary to monitor the soil moisture - the plant does not tolerate drought. He likes fertile soil with a neutral reaction. On acidic soils in the area, wood ash or bone meal must be added in advance and subsequently regularly fertilized with these components. Leaving is a regular watering and weeding. After flowering, you need to mulch the bushes with humus, and for the winter cover with dry foliage. Hellebore is propagated by dividing bushes and fresh seeds. They must be sown from July to October in open ground to a depth of 1-1,5 cm. Seedlings appear next spring. In the phase of two real leaves, I plant them in a temporary bed, and after a year, into a permanent place. Young seedlings and divided bushes bloom after a few years.

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